Scone trainer Darren Egan with a lone runner and other small stables are typically outnumbered big-time by the Kris Lees juggernaut at Friday’s Tamworth TAB meeting, but Egan is upbeat with his former Waterhouse-Bott bargain buy Lancer.

A little-known former interstate trainer impacting with city discards, and his lone wealthy owner who is a volunteer strapper, provide an intriguing anecdote first time at Royal Randwick for a TAB $100,000 Class 3, 1400m Highway on Saturday.